en
Scientific article
English

“The Form of a City”: Pasolini and the Poetic Ecology of the Sign

Published inSpace and culture, p. 1-16
Publication date2017
Abstract

This article examines the potential contributions of Pasolinian anthropology to urban studies. Pasolinian anthropology aims to articulate a historical moment (i.e., the acceleration of the second industrial revolution in Italy between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s) with environmental and urban transformations. The authors sketch a portrait of Pasolini as a primitive theoretician who supported that which would become known as landscape urbanism. The authors mainly consult Pasolini's journalistic writings published in two anthologies (Lettere luterane, Scritti corsari) and an incomplete pedagogical manual (Gennariello). The authors also refer to four of his documentary films (Comizi d'amore, Appunti per un film sull'India, Appunti per un Orestiade Africana, and Pasolini e la forma della città) and tangentially to two of his novels (Racconti romani and Petrolio) as well as to his correspondence and poems (particularly Gramsci's Ashes).

Keywords
  • Landscape
  • Urban studies
  • Literary geography
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Italy
Citation (ISO format)
MATTHEY, Laurent, CANTOREGGI, Nicola. “The Form of a City”: Pasolini and the Poetic Ecology of the Sign. In: Space and culture, 2017, p. 1–16. doi: 10.1177/1206331217707472
Main files (1)
Article (Published version)
accessLevelPrivate
Identifiers
ISSN of the journal1206-3312
636views
0downloads

Technical informations

Creation06/19/2017 11:43:00 AM
First validation06/19/2017 11:43:00 AM
Update time03/15/2023 1:48:06 AM
Status update03/15/2023 1:48:06 AM
Last indexation01/17/2024 12:12:34 AM
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack